Garter



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A. J. CARPENTER GAMER Filed Aug. 23. 1926 Patented Feb. 15, 1927.

UNI-reo s'rAif'rlE-s' 1,618,,1417.1 PAT uur j omer.

ALBERT J. CARPETE, orfronrtmin; ivrnmn GAMER.

Application ined August 23, i926.- serial Nb'. 130,95*(5.

My inventionj "relates to garment support-v ers and more particularly to gar-ters.

One object of my invention is to provide means-to varythe circumference of a gar-` ment supporter in the shape of an endless band'Y adapted to encircle a limb in which all metal parts in 'contact with the limb-are object of my invention v'is to provide, `by means of thelclaspbuckle I employ and co-` operating-slack loop, a garment supporterl Vwithout any metal parts formerlyusedffor lU adjusting thefcircumference thereof. So far as I am1 awaie,fsubstantially all prior :garment supporters have been dependent ffor their detachmentA and adji'ustability.Y onv ametal part that is very liableto slip and twist anabeeome forced intatte limb. The

type of clasp buckle I em'pIoyAmakes a positive latch'witliout tou-ching the limb and the slackloo'p.attaches'the free end of thefband to the-fixed end' in such a mamier that it' acts as'a guide and support for-the-sla'ck end,`which, as it merely comprises a double layer offfabric, `will soon conform' to the shape of the limb without any pressure after it has been' wornfor afshortr while. A I

These' andsuch other objects of my invention as may hereinafter appear will be 'Y best understood' .from arlescription `ofl the accompanying drawings which illustrate" a garter Vvconstructed in accordance with myv Y l n low` center portion'20` ofr'saidrigid 10013.18

40 invention. j Inthe drawings, Figfl is a perspective view of a 4garter constructed'accordingto the 'preferred embodimentl of' my invention, attached 'to a relatively thin leg.

Fig, 2 is a'perspective view substantially similar to Fig. `1 with'the garterv attached to a relatively lfa'tter leg.

Fig. '3 is an "enlarged face view of the clasp buckle, slack loop and adjacent 'portiener the' band. i

Fig. 4s is an edge elevationof the portion" of theband yshown in Figi 3.- A. f

In the drawings', wherein like characters of reference generally indicate like parts "ra throughout, 10 generally indicates an endless elastic band adapted to encircle. va limb.

This endless elastic band is ofthegeneral" configuration of an endless band ladies gar ter, -without any coupling members toT couple i the ends thereof together around the limb as common in mostformerltypeszofmeufs garter-s, thereby eliminating-'in y a large* manv` ner the number' of metal parts formerly thought necessary in menshose supporters. To provide a garter or garment supporter', 65 adapted to fit any sized limb or adaptedtoV beadj usted on the same' limb when 'through use the elastic band becomes .less elastic, l provide means to vary/the effective circumference of said band; In myivpreferred e'in- 70 bodiment, said means comprisesV aj clasp; buckle '12. The inner end v14 of the band l0 isadapted to bepermanentlyl aflixednto Va'l l portionv of said-buckle amanner to pre#` ventY the buckley from touching the limloiasq will be explained, and thefree f end 16 of said band is adapted to be passed around the: limb, threaded through said'buckle and over`v` the relatively fined portion, 14 of said band1 below it, beyond the buckle, said freef end thus being adapted to be Ld justably clamped. by said buckle 12 to the fixed inner endlll, thereof. In my lpreferred embodiment, :I preferably construct lthe claspl buckle12 as' follows: I;providethe vrigid loopt` 18, of ,a 85 width substantially. equal ,to that of the band, :preferably constructed of metal. I,I thread thel inner end 414 of saidband throughthe hollow `center portion 20-of .said Arigid loop l8, and around theinner bail side 22f 90 of said lrigid loop 18, said end'fl4 being;rv doubled on itself as at 24 and secured to' .itL self by means yofthe stitching-26., The free end 16 ofy theband lO-'is adapted to "encirclel the' limb and be threaded throughv the 'holf 95 andfpassedover outsideV of the 'fixedend 14V thereof;l The v-ot-her portion`r of. saidrlaspl buckle-12 comprises a cam member 30 adapted to be pivotally r attached to the outer side' 100l 23 of said rigid loop'lS. 4The cam. nrembeii 30 is' provided with thel cam surface ,32 adapted Vto adjustably' '.clamplthefre'eend 16 of said band against-the: fixeddoubled end' 14: thereof Aand enclosed bail portion 22701' 105 said loopl `18, and the 'manipulating-f-po'rtionl 34 'by'.{which said -camfsurface .32 gina'ubeg raisedfupLfrom''saidabandf'to permit freel Y passage of the free endV 16 of said band through the hollow portion 2O of said loop.' 110 In my preferred embodiment the cam meniber 30 is preferably stamped from plate ma- 

